10Appointment of system auditor

10 Appointment of system auditor

10 Appointment of system auditor

(1) A network operator must appoint a person (a system auditor) to carry out an audit of the operator’s safety management system.

(2) The system auditor must be—

(a) either—

(i) chosen from a panel of persons approved by the Tribunal for appointment as system auditors and published on the website of the Tribunal, or

(ii) otherwise approved by the Tribunal, and

(b) appointed in accordance with procedures published on the website of the Tribunal, and

(c) independent of the network operator.

(3) If a network operator fails to appoint a system auditor in accordance with subsection (2), the Tribunal may nominate a system auditor who must be appointed by the network operator to conduct the audit.